Garbage and rubbish incinerator.



I. S. BRENNAN'.

GARBAGE AND RUBBISH INCINERATOR.

APPLICATION FILED APR. I0. ISIS.

Patented Apr. 22, 1919.

'JOHN s. rammen; or MILWAUKEE, wIscoNsIn.

GARBAGE AND BUBBISH INCINERTOB..

Specification of Letters Patent. Pattentd Api'. 22, llgllg.

Application filed April 10, 1918. Serial No. 227,695.

' declare that the'following is a Jrull, clear,

and exact description thereof.

This invention refers to garbage and rubbish incineratorsand hasprimarily for its object to provide a simple economical and sanitarydevice for the disposition of garbage, rubbish and the like.

A more particular object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter separate from the chimney which can be placed at anyconvenient location in the basement and is connected with the kitchen orwherever desired by a receiving chute provided. V

with connected means at its receiving and discharge ends to preventodors and gases from escaping from the chute.

The inventionl in one practical form in which i-t may be embodied isillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

A single view is an elevational view with parts broken away and insection to more clearly illustrate the details of the invention.

At the present time the most common forms of incinerators in use are ofthat type built into the chimney. This makes it im# possible to installthem in old residences as the chimney must be used as the receivingchute for theJ refuse and, in most instances, is not in a convenientplace or of suiiicient size to permit such use.

Furthermore where it 1s possible to install this type of incinerator itrequires consid! erable alterations in the chimney together with theaccompanying great expense. To overcome these disadvantages the presentinvention has been designed in which 1 designates a cylindricalreceptacle preferably made up in three sections and' provided with a top2 which has centrally thereof an aperture 3, mounted in which is areceiving chute 4 which extends upwardly through the floor 5 andcommunicates with the kitchen or other convenient place desired. The. re

- ceiving end of the chute 4 hashingedly connected thereto a 'cover 6provided with side walls and a bottom extending downwardly into 'ghechute'whieh form a receiving hopper l d .the top member 2 and I yadaptedto closethe aperture 3 is agate 8 that is connected to the lower part ofthe` hopper 7 by means of a chain 9. y

`It will be seen that upon swinging. the

cover 6 outward to place refuse in the hopf per the gate 8 by means ofthe chain 9 connecting it to the hopper will be pulled up-g ward thusclosing the aperture 3 and venting odors or gases which might ariseVJfrom the contents of the receptacle to pass up throughy the chute andinto the roomabove.

The top 2 of the receptacle is further provided with a Hue opening whichis connected to the chimney or outer air by means of a pipe l0.v Adaptedto fit inv and cover the flue opening is a screen 11 that prevents paper or other light particles from passing through the aperture.

The central portlon of the receptacle 1' forms thesides of the lire potand is preferably cast with air passages formed in its sides to supply alarge amount of air thus insuring perfect combustion of its contents,Positioned Ibelowthe re pot l2 and pivotally connected to the sides ofthe receptacle is a grate 13 -which is in linked connection lwith thelever 14 situated at the out/er side of the receptacle. When the leveris in its upright position it will be seen that the links connecting itwith the 'grate are passed slightly over center and -abut against thestop 15 thus locking the grate in its upward position. The lower sectionor dump pit is provided with the customary door 16 having a slidetherein to permit air for combustion.

. In operation all rubbish and garbage is placed into the receptacleeither through the receiving chute or the door.17 in the upper portionlof the receptacle. Afterbeing al. lowed to accumulate for a short periodof time any .excess amount of moisture contained in the refuse will beevaporated and i carried out through .the flue opening thus leaving acombustible mass which can be readily ignited -in any suitable manner.

After the contents of the receptacle has been consumed, anyincombustible materialv such as tin cans, china-ware and so on which isnot consumed will remain upon the grate.'

From there it can vbe dumped intothe pit by Ico tilting the grate andremoved through the p door 16. l What is claimed is In an incinerator ofthe clase-described, a

` combustion chamber havinga; top provided with a cen'tral circularopening,` a vertical receiving chute having its lower open endcoincident with said circular opening, thel upper end being disposedlaterally and haw ingits inlet opening positioned vertica11ya i'ue pipecommunicating'. 4with said top be1 tween said central opening and thewall o fthe combustion cham-ber, a cover hinged on the inlet end of thesaid chute at the lower edge of the opening vthereof, a receiving hopperformed of a bottom and side walls and carried by said cover, said hopperbot tom closing the chutV upon the opening vof .15

valvel and the hopper bottom whereby said. 20 l valve and hopper "bottomwill simultane' ously close the chute upon the opening of said cover. f1 I f In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto'setmy'handat Milwaukee, 25 in the countyof Milwaukee, and State ofWisconsin. l

' JOHN S. BR]3}NN. I.N.l

